I dissolve. A perfect thread, a perfect spider’s web, listening to this music I am totally in the moment – and really, I could die! This music could usher me out of this world. It could be a path to follow.

Then Jenny joined me and we laughed and walked and talked and I said I wanted to write five short songs, and so we wrote eight.

And it dawned on me that this is how it feels when I get out of my own way. Everything becomes a song, a hymn, a poem – praising this Gracious Mystery that we are held in.

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Janet Swain is a singer, teacher, performer and songwriter. She has founded and directed many community choirs in Sydney, Blue Mountains, Singapore and the Byron Shire, and she has developed a dynamic and original teaching style.
These days Janet lives in the beautiful Byron Shire in northern NSW, and her current projects include Big Sing - Own Your Voice, Dynasty8 Chamber Choir, music comedy ensemble The Loveys, and her one to one singing studio. Janet is also a member of Circle Song Australia.This year Janet founded the inaugural Festival of the Voice in Brunswick Heads, which will be an ongoing bi annual event, and she is currently working on a subscription series for 2020.Janet is also developing her one woman show - Delphi Goes Bassooning.
Janet sings, plays piano, ukulele and the bassoon.